you know me, i'm a tough hardened analyst and i don't believe in massachusetts for ted kennedy's seat you're going to have a republican elected. look, if it's even close, it sends a message. what's the message? well, it's a special election, that means lower turnout. who turns out. who has the energy right now? the republicans have the energy in 2010 and that's why i think in november republicans are likely to do better because republicans are disproportionately going to turn out at the polls across the country for the congressional and gubernatorial electionsment right there, you know, you've got nine points and there's another poll, by the way, that also confirms that it's within ten points. so that's amazing in and of itself. regardless of the outcome. >> interestingly enough, i've heard that democrats in the state are now sort of making plans that if the republican were to win, well, they might not certify them in any quick way so that they would still have 60 votes in the senate on health care. >> well, they might try it. of course, you can imagine the firestorm of criticism that